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The Group 2 Skyline Stakes is a 1200m sprint for 2YO colts & geldings run at Royal Randwick on Chipping Norton Stakes Day in the autumn as a key lead-up to the Golden Slipper Stakes.
The Skyline Stakes is a Group 2 status races for two-year-old colts & geldings run at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Chipping Norton Stakes Day in late February or early March during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
Held under set weights conditions the 1200m sprint offers $200,000 in total prize money and offers the winner a ballot exemption for the upcoming Group 1 $3.5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens the following month.
The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1400m) and recently upgraded Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) for three-year-old fillies. There are a number of other Group status support acts on the card including the Skyline Stakes and the two-year-old fillies’ equivalent – the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m).
Colts & geldings running in the Skyline Stakes field may have come off an earlier autumn run in a traditional lead-up including the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill in late January or the Group 2 Silver Slipper Stakes (1100m) the week before.
After contesting the Skyline Stakes the Golden Slipper-bound youngsters may have another lead-up into the Group 1 in the Group 2 Todman Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick in early March. The last horse to win the Skyline Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double without a run in between was Dance Hero (2004).
More recently, the 2019 Skyline Stakes winner Microphone went on to run second in that year’s Golden Slipper Stakes before winning the Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce (1400m) over more distance during ‘The Championships’.
The Skyline Stakes 2020 ran on Saturday February 29, 2020 and was won by the John Thompson-trained Mamaragan on debut.
2020 Skyline Stakes | |
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Date: | Saturday February 29, 2020 |
Track: | Royal Randwick Racecourse |
Distance: | 1200m |
Race Type: | Set Weights / 2YO C&G |
Status: | Group 2 |
Prize Money: | $200,000 |
Trainer John Thompson has uncovered a genuine Golden Slipper contender in Mamaragan with the colt scoring an impressive upset win on debut in the Skyline Stakes 2020 results ahead of Chris Waller’s $1.7 million purchase Osamu and the better-fancied Aim.
Click here to read more on the eye-catching 2020 Skyline Stakes winner Mamaragan.
Place | # | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Br. | Wgt. | SP |
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1 | 9 | MAMARAGAN | John Thompson | Blake Shinn | – | 7 | 55.5kg | $19 |
2 | 5 | OSAMU | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 1.3L | 8 | 55.5kg | $19 |
3 | 2 | AIM | Peter & Paul Snowden | Kerrin McEvoy | 2.1L | 2 | 55.5kg | $4.80 |
4 | 3 | POSTCODE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 2.9L | 5 | 55.5kg | $13 |
5 | 8 | ARGENTEUS | Peter & Paul Snowden | Ben Melham | 3.1L | 1 | 55.5kg | $6.50 |
6 | 1 | PRAGUE | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Tommy Berry | 3.2L | 3 | 55.5kg | $2.60F |
7 | 6 | TOMMY GOLD (NZ) | John O’Shea | Joshua Parr | 4.2L | 4 | 55.5kg | $9 |
8 | 4 | MISSION RIVER | Gerald Ryan | Hugh Bowman | 5.6L | 6 | 55.5kg | $8.50 |
9 | 7 | GORSHIN | Anthony Cummings | Jean Van Overmeire (a) | 11.8L | 9 | 55.5kg | $81 |
The latest Skyline Stakes 2020 betting odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be available for selection below as soon as markets on the official Golden Slipper Stakes lead-up are out the week of the race.
The Skyline Stakes field attracts a line-up of the season’s most promising two-year-old sprinters, the colts and geldings traditionally targeting a start in the upcoming Golden Slipper Stakes field.
The official 2020 Skyline Stakes field and barriers will be released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below.
The Skyline Stakes 2020 final field features nine two-year-old colts and geldings, seven of which have previous race experience. The undefeated Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Prague leads betting chasing a third straight win following his Group 3 Canonbury Stakes success last start at the track.
Click here to read more on the Prague-led 2020 Skyline Stakes field of Golden Slipper hopefuls.
# | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight |
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1 | 11 | PRAGUE | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Tommy Berry | 3 | 55.5kg |
2 | 118 | AIM | Peter & Paul Snowden | Kerrin McEvoy | 2 | 55.5kg |
3 | 22x | POSTCODE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 5 | 55.5kg |
4 | 22 | MISSION RIVER | Gerald Ryan | Hugh Bowman | 6 | 55.5kg |
5 | 27 | OSAMU | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 8 | 55.5kg |
6 | 4×2 | TOMMY GOLD (NZ) | John O’Shea | Joshua Parr | 4 | 55.5kg |
7 | 64 | GORSHIN | Anthony Cummings | Jean Van Overmeire (a) | 9 | 55.5kg |
8 | – | ARGENTEUS | Peter & Paul Snowden | Ben Melham | 1 | 55.5kg |
9 | – | MAMARAGAN | John Thompson | Blake Shinn | 7 | 55.5kg |
The Skyline Stakes has been run since 1979 as a Golden Slipper Stakes lead-up. The race is named in honour of the 1958 Golden Slipper winner Skyline who also won that season’s Australian Derby.
The race has taken place over a number of different Sydney race tracks over its history including Canterbury Park, Rosehill, Warwick Farm and its current home at Randwick Racecourse. It began as a Principal Race (1979) before upgrades to Listed (1980-86), Group 3 (1987-2012) and now its current Group 2 (2013 onwards) status.
Notable recent Skyline Stakes winners include Shogun Lodge (1999), Choisir (2002), Dance Hero (2004), Snitzel (2005), Manhattan Rain (2009), Hinchinbrook (2010), Exosphere (2015) and Microphone (2019).
Check out the table below for the full Skyline Stakes results & winners dating back to 2000.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2020 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Mamaragan | 1 minute 9.52 seconds |
2nd | Osamu | ||
3rd | Aim | ||
2019 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Microphone | 1 minute 9.33 seconds |
2nd | Cosmic Force | ||
3rd | Castelvecchio | ||
2018 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Santos | 1 minute 11.15 seconds |
2nd | Spin | ||
3rd | Legend Of Condor | ||
2017 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Diamond Tathagata | 1 minute 14.22 seconds |
2nd | Coruscate | ||
3rd | Single Bullet | ||
2016 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Good Standing | 1 minute 9.0 seconds |
2nd | Lionhearted | ||
3rd | Souchez | ||
2015 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Exosphere | 1 minute 10.6 seconds |
2nd | Odyssey Moon | ||
3rd | Wolf Cry | ||
2014 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Valentia | 1 minute 11.4 seconds |
2nd | Mr Bogart | ||
3rd | Modoc | ||
2013 Skyline Stakes |
1st | All The Talk | 1 minute 9.7 seconds |
2nd | Octane Flyer | ||
3rd | Dothraki | ||
2012 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Ashokan | 1 minute 10.9 seconds |
2nd | Raceway | ||
3rd | Collect | ||
2011 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Uate | 1 minute 9.7 seconds |
2nd | Hot Snitzel | ||
3rd | Flight Of Pegasus | ||
2010 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Hinchinbrook | 1 minute 8.8 seconds |
2nd | Brightexpectations | ||
3rd | Pressday | ||
2009 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Manhattan Rain | 1 minute 10.3 seconds |
2nd | The Mikado | ||
3rd | Romanus | ||
2008 Skyline Stakes |
1st | All American | 1 minute 11.2 seconds |
2nd | Over The Wicket | ||
3rd | Dubai To Sydney | ||
2007 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Murtajill | 1 minute 9.6 seconds |
2nd | Husson Lightning | ||
3rd | Pistols | ||
2006 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Casino Prince | 1 minute 11.1 seconds |
2nd | Empire’s Choice | ||
3rd | My Middi | ||
2005 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Snitzel | 1 minute 10.0 seconds |
2nd | Stratum | ||
3rd | Paratroopers | ||
2004 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Dance Hero | 1 minute 10.7 seconds |
2nd | Fastnet Rock | ||
3rd | Econsul | ||
2003 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Kusi | 1 minute 10.0 seconds |
2nd | Face Value | ||
3rd | Resistor | ||
2002 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Choisir | 1 minute 10.3 seconds |
2nd | Emerging Star | ||
3rd | Charlie Bub | ||
2001 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Viscount | 1 minute 10.3 seconds |
2nd | Excellerator | ||
3rd | Shags | ||
2000 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Kootoomootoo | 1 minute 11.8 seconds |
2nd | Assertive Lad | ||
3rd | Veteran |